Coin-receptacle.



No. 877,951. I PATENTED FEB. 4, 1903.

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UNITED ST ELLWOOD WALTER ROBERTS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COIN-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1908.

Application filed December 23. 1905. Serial No. 293.118.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it know that I, ELLWooD WALTER ROB- ERTS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, Richmond Hill, boroughof Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Coin- Receptacle, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to folding paper boxes more especially designedfor the use of children as a savings bank,'or for mite societies,Sunday-schools and other associations, as a collecting medium forcharitable and other purposes.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved coinreceptacle formed from a single blank by folding it into box form andlocking it by integral locking flaps, to form a slit for theintroduction of the coins, and to prevent removal of the coins depositedin the box.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a face view of the blank for forming the receptacle Fig. 2is a perspective view of the improvement partly set up; Fig.

' 3 is a like view of the same, showing another step in the setting upof the receptacle Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the improvement; andFig. 5 is a transverse section of the same, on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

The blank for forming the receptacle is made of paper or other suitablematerial, and is provided with a bottom A, from one side of whichextends an end B, and the said bottom A is adapted to be engaged by agummed flap B extending integrally from the other end B Between the endsB and B extends integrally a top C having a slot C, and from the top Cextend integrally sides D and D, onto which are adapted to foldreinforcing flaps E, E and E E of which the flaps E and E are integralwith the end B, and the flaps E and E are integral with the end B Fromthe sides of the bottom A extend integrally extension pieces F and F,adapted to fold onto the reinforcing flaps E, E and E E the extensionpieces F and F having portions F and F adapted to pass onto the top Cfrom opposite sides thereof, and the said portions F and F terminate inlooking flaps F F, of which the locking flap F is provided, on itssides, with foldable wings F and F and the locking flap F is providedwith wings F and F.

In setting up the box or receptacle from the blank described, it isnecessary to first fasten the flap B to the bottom A by gum or othersuitable means (see Fig. 5), and then the sides D and D are foldeddownward, after which the flaps E, E and E, E are folded upon the sidesD and D. ,When this has been completed, one of the extension pieces F orF, say the extension piece F, is folded up on to the flaps E and E andthen the wings F and F are folded upon the inside of the locking flap Fand the locking flap with the folded wings F and F thereon is now passeddown through the slot C to the inside of the receptacle, so-that theportion F overlies the top C at one side thereof. Now, as soon as thelocking flap F with the wings F and F folded thereon is passed into theslot C, then the wings F and F by their own resiliency, open up, toengage the under side of the-top C to stand at angles to the slot C,thus securely holding the locking flap F against removal from the box.In other words, the extension piece F is securely locked in place on thebox (see Figs. 3 and 5). After this has been done, the other extensionpiece F is folded up onto the flaps E and E and then the wings F and F 7are folded up on the portion F of the locking flap F and said portion F,with the folded wings F and F 7 thereon, is now also passed through theslot G into the box, to allow the wings F and F to assume an angularposition and engage the under side of the top 0, thus locking theextension piece F securely in place on the box (see Figs. 4 and .5).W'hcn the box or receptacle is set up as described, then the lockingflaps F and F form between them a slit for the introduction of the coin(see Fig. 4), and the said locking flaps F and F together with theirwings F, F and F F prevent a coin once deposited within the box frompassing out of the same, as the locking flaps F and F have a tendency toclose the slit after a coin is introduced, and the wings F, F and F Fdeflect the deposited coin, to prevent the same from passing between thelockin fla s F and F Thus the coin receptacle (1% the receptacle througha slot in one of the walls of the receptacle, the locking flaps formingbetween them a passageway for the insertion of the coin, and the saidlocking flaps having integral means engaging the under surface of thesaid wall to hold the looking flaps against removal and to prevent coinswithin the receptacle from entering the passageway.

2. A coin receptacle having locking flaps connected therewith adapted topass into the receptacle through a slot in one of the walls of thereceptacle, the locking flaps forming between them a passageway for theinsertion of the coin, and the said locking flaps having integralfoldable side wings engaging the under surface of the said Wall to holdthe locking flaps against removal arid to prevent coins within thereceptacle from entering the passageway.

3. A coin receptacle provided with a top having a slot, and extensionpieces connected with the bottom thereof and folding over the top onopposite sides of the slot, the extension pieces having locking flapsfor insertion into the slot to form between them a passageway for theintroduction of a coin, the locking flaps having foldable wings engagingthe under side of the said top to hold the locking flaps in place and toprevent coins within the receptacle from entering the passageway.

41. A coin receptacle formed of a single blank the top of which has aslot, the portion of the blank forming the bottom of the box and formingbetween them a passageway for the insertion of the coin, the said wingsabutting against the under side of the said top and locking theextension pieces in place and to prevent coins within the receptaclefrom entering the passageway.

5. A coin receptacle having a slot in one of the walls thereof andhaving extension pieces connected with the opposite wall and extendingon the outside of the receptacle to the slot, said pieces having lockingflaps extending into the slot and forming between them a passageway forthe introduction of a coin, said flaps having laterally foldable wingsfor engaging the under side of the top to hold the locking flaps inplace and to prevent the coins within the receptacle from entering theslit between the flaps;

6. A blank for the purpose set forth, comprising a top, a bottom, endflaps and side flaps, the top being provided with a slot, and the bottomwith extension pieces extending from opposite sidesv thereof, saidpieces having locking flaps adapted to extend into the slot when theblank is folded'and to form between them a passageway for theintroduction of a coin, said flaps having laterally foldable wings forengaging the under side of the top to hold the locking flaps in place,for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELLWOOD WALTER ROBERTS; Witnesses:

W. A. PATTERSON, :WALTER C. KIMBALL.

